Machine for fastening buttons on shoes and other articles.



G; W PERKINS. v MACHINE FOR FASTENING BUTTONS 0N SHOES AND OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION EILED MAY 18, 1911. 1

'- Patented N0v. 12, 1912.

G.- W. PERKINS. V MACHINE FOR FASTENING BUTTONS ON SHOES AND OTHER ARTICLES.

- Patented 1-1 w. 1.2,1912.

APPLICATION FILED MAY18, 1911.

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G. W- PERKINS. MACHINE FOR FASTENING BUTTONS ON SHOES AND OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1911.

I 1,043,862.. Patented Nov.12,1912.

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, .G. W. PERKINS.

MAGHINE FOR FASTENING BUTTONS 0N SHOES AND OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1911. 1,043,862

Patented Nov. 12,1912.

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UNITED STATES GEORGE W. PERKINS, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HEATON PENINSU- v LAR BUTTON FASTENER COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

MACHINE FOR FASTENING BUTTONS 0N SHOES AND OTHER AETICLES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEoRon-VV. PERKINS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at making metallic fasteners and fastening buttons therewith to shoes and other articles.

The invention'is especially intended for application to foot power machinesor to other machines in which the operatlonof making a single fastener and attachmg a single button therewith is performed at each operation of the machine and the machine stops at the end of each operation and 1s started each time at the will of the operator as is usual in hand or foot power machines.

The invention will be fully understood.

from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and'the novel features will be pointed" out and clearly definedin the claims at the close of the specification.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section and partly broken away of a machine embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section and partly broken away of the treadle on a smaller scale than Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top view of the machine looking in the direction of the arrow A shown in Fig. 1, the raceway and certain other parts being stripped away. Fig. 4 is a side elevation partly in section'of a portion of the .parts shown in Fig. 1, showing the parts in the position after the former has moved down to form the loop in the-fastener, Fig.

5 is a side elevation partly in section of a portionof the machine, showing the parts at the end of the down stroke of the-former and slide, the fastener being set in the material. Fig. '6 is a view lookin in the direction of the arrow B shown in ig. 1. Fig. 7 is a view showing the former and slide and wire after the loop has been formed. Fig. 8'

1s a view similar to Fig. 7 after the slide has descended and cut the wireand formed the legs.

' Patented Nov. 12,1912. Serial no. 627,974. 1

Fig. 9 is a detail view of thecarr1er.-

Referring now to the drawings,1 represents the hopper in which the buttons are held in bulk and 2 the hopper stand rac'e-. way into which the buttons are delivered by an elevator 3 which is actuated by a lever 4:.

fulcrumed at 5, one end of which engages a roll 6 projecting from the lower end of the elevator, the other end of the said lever carrying a roll 7 which is engaged by the arm 8 of the bell crank lever 81 fulcrumed on a shaft 9, the other arm 10 of said bellcrank lever engaging with the slot 11 in the treadle.

rod 12 operated by a foot treadle 13. By depressing the'treadle the elevator-is raised and when the foot is released from the treadle the weight of the elevator will carry it down again. A spring 14 tends to hold the treadle rod in its elevated position when the foot is released from the treadle,

The buttons 83 pass from the hopper stand raceway 2 down into the race-way roper as shown in the drawings ready to e fed ,to position over the arbor 15 to be threaded by; the wire from which the fastener is formed.

Means are provided whereby only one button at a time is admitted to the lower end of the race-way where the placer positions the button-on the arbor for the wire to be threaded through the eye of the button. Said means consists of a dog 16 piv.- oted at 17 in the upper side of the race-way and having a tooth 18 which extends down into the race-way to hold in check the but-- tons back of it in the race-way until the button below it has passed out. A dog 19 "pivoted at 20 has a tooth 21 which extends down in front of the button on the arbor while'it is being threaded and having the loop and legs formed. The means for actuating the dogs 16 and 19 will be hereinafter explained.

A bell crank lever 231, fulcrumed at 22 to the frame of the machine has one arm 23 which passes loosely through a slot 24 in the lower end of the arbor 15, the other, arm 25 of said bell crank lever being adapted to be engaged by a pin 26 projecting from the side of the M1118 of the bell crank lever 81 whereby the downward movement are F of the treadle will depress the arbor 15 and when the treadle rod 12 moves up again the 'is connected with the arm 23 of the bell crank 231 and the other end of the spring is connected to the frame of themachine.

An irregular shape slide piece 28 which is termed the carrier has a straight sliding movement in ways in the frame of the machine and is formed with a slot 29 which is engaged by one end of the arm 8 of the bell crank lever 81 whereby the movement of said bell crank gives a reciprocating movement to the carrier. Said carrier actuates the wire feed, the loop forming mechanism and the leg forming mechanism and the cutter, the cutter being a. part of. the slide-which forms the legs. The wire is fed on the upstroke of the treadle. rod; the

loop forming, wire cutting, leg forming and. the setting of the fastener is performed on thede'pression of the treadle.

, The wire feed mechanism is as follows The wire 30 passes over a rest 31 on the side of the stationary block 32 thence over a rest 33 on the movable block 34, said stationary block having a dog 35 which prevents back-1 ward movement -of the wire and the movable Hock 34 having-a dog 36 which grips thewire to feed it when the blockmoves forward and which yields to allow the block. to slide backward without moving the wire backward. A bell crank lever pivoted at 37 has one arm- 38 formedwith a. forked lower end which engages a pin 39 projecting from the movable block 34 so that the rockin of said bell crank lever will give a straight reciprocating movement to the wire feed block 34. The arm 40 of said bell crank has a roll- 41v which engages with a cam faced block 42 carried by the carrier 28, the sloping cam face of said block 42 being so formed that on the upward stroke of the-carrier the bell crank will be turned so as to feed the wire for: ward; on the down stroke of the carrier a spring 43 will turn the bell crank in the opposite direction keeping the roller 41 always in engagement with the cam block 42.

The means for forming the loop consists of a reciprocable member 44 which is termed the former, said former having a holder portion 45 attached thereto and constituting a part of the former, the lower end of the former 44 being formed with an arched slot 46 to give the loop formation vto the wire when it bends the wire over the arbor. In the upper part of the former holder 45 is a slot 47.

The parts 44 and 45' are shown as two separate arts fastened together. They are so made or convenience of assembling, but

'when assembled they act asvirtually one piece and it is obvious that they might be integral and when the holder is referred to it simpl means that portion of the tormer which is, designated by the numeral- 45 whether .it be a separate piece or integral withthe former 44.

An arm 49 projects from the side of the carrier upinto the slot 47. A pawl is pivoted to the upper end of said arm 49, the lower end of said pawl 50 being adapted to engage with the shoulder on the former holder "45 at the lower end of the slot 47 when the arm 49 is at the upper end of the slot and bein normally held in such engaging position y a sprin 51. WVhen in this posit-ion the downwar movement of the carrier 28 which is effected by the depression of the treadle will carry the former holder and the former downward bending the wire over the arbor and forming the loop. Said. pawl is hinged on a pin 52. The pawl 50 has a tooth 53 which when the former holder and pawl have inoved down a certaindistance sufficient to form the loop will engage a tripping device 54 which will turn the pawl 50 so as to raise the forward end of the pawl out of engagement with the wall of the. slot in the former holder-as shown in Fig. 4 so that the carrier may continue its downward movement without moving the former until the arm 49 reaches the 'lowerend of the slot 47. I

The mechanism for cutting the wire and forming the legs is as.follows:A slidingmember, 55 which is termed the slide is formed with a groove or slot in its upper face within which the former slides and is formed also with a slot- 56 into which extends an arm 57 from the carrier 28. The

slot 56 is longerthan the width of the arm 57 so that the carrier may move some 'distance without moving the slide 55. In the uppermost position of the carrier, as shown in Fig. 1 the arm 57 is. at the upper end of the slot 56 and the length of the slot is such that before the arm 57 engages with.

the wire just after it passes through a hardened bushing 59 in the frame and severs the wire. On account of the groove in the slide 55 in which the former 44 slides there are formed the two leg portions 60, 61, which straddle the arbor and engage the opposite end portions of the severed blank bending them down as the slide moves downward and forming the legs of the fastener. By the time the slide has descended far enough to form the legs of the fastener the bell'crank 81 will have moved far enough t me for the pin 26 projecting from the bell crank 81 to engage the arm 25 of the bell crank 231 and thereby to have pulled the arbor of the carrier being then in engagement with" the lower end of the slot 56 the tension of the spring 62 will give an accelerated movement to the slide faster than the carrier so that although the carrier continues its downward movement the slide 55 will move faster than the carrier until the upper end of the slot 56 engages with the arm 57.

A spring 65 is made fast at one end to the upper end of the former holder as for instance by a hook 66 secured to the former holder and its other end is made fast to afixed portion of the frame as by a hook 67 or other suitable means, said spring being in expanded form under tension when the former isin its uppermostposition and tending to pull the formerdownward. During the time that the former is making the first portion of its' descent to form the loop' of the fastener and while the pawl is engaged in the lower end of p the slot 47 the spring will contract somewhat but not sufficiently fully to destroy its tension. After pawl 50 is tripped and after the legs are formed and the arbor is withdrawn from thelower end'ofthe former so that the former will then be free to yield to the pull of the spring65 the former will be given an accelerated movement due to the spring faster than the carrier and the arm 49 of the carrier will come into the upper .end of the slot 47 as when it started its downward movement and the'spring 51 which rests on the top of the pawl 50 will turn the pawl 50 down so that its lower end will again engage with the lower end of the slot 47 which position allows the former tov be again moved by the carrier.

Now the slides will be moved by the spring 62 in unison with the movement of the former by the carrier until the slide'comes into engagement with the material on the. anvil to which the button is to be attached. After the slide has reached the end of its movement the former will continue to be moved by the carrier. I

The downward movement of the slide occasioned by the spring 62 will have carried '19 yielding to the pressure of the button carried down-by the slide so that the dog will turn'on its fulcrum until the tooth 21 is turned out of the path of the button. As

soon as the button passes out from under the upturned dog, the weight 69cm the outer end of the do'gwill by gravity'turn the dog again so as to bring the tooth 21 down into position to stop the next succeeding button. After theishde has brought the button and attached fastener into engagement with the material on the die. 68 the slide clampsthe fabricto the die and also holds the fastener in position to receive the impact. of the former. which will-be brought down immediately afterward by the carrier, the former thus serving as a driver to force the legs of the fastener through the fabric and clench them.

After the wire has been threaded through the eye of the button and the loop-and legs have been formed and the button with the attached fastener is ready to be moved down to the fabric on the anvil the dog 16 may be turned so that the next following button maybe free to move into position for .the next threading movement of thefiwire as soon as the advance button with the attached fastener has moved out of the way. Mechanism for thus actuating the dog 16 is as follows: 4

A lever 70 which is termed the button placer is fulcrum'ed at 71 and extends'in a direction transverse of the raceway. One

arm of said lever overhangs the raceway and on the underside of saidoverhanging arm there isa cupped out portion 72 which fits over ,thehead of the button. The dog 16 has an arm 73 which overhangs the upper side of that end of the lever which has the cupped out portion 72 so that when the lever 70 is turned on its fulcrum in a direction to tip up that arm which extends beneath the overhanging arm 73 it will engage the said arm 73 and turn the dog 16 back on its pivot as shown in Fig. ti rning up the tooth 18 so as to release the button above it and allow said button to'slide down into position beneath the placer.

The means for thus actuating the placer lever 70 is-as follows :A lever 74 is fulcrumed intermediate its ends'as'at 75 and is formedwith an elongated slothaving straight portion 76 extending parallel with the path of movement of the carrier, an offset portion 7 7 at an angle with the portion 76 and terminating in a straight portion 78 which is also parallel with the path of movement of the carrier. A pin 79 projects from the side of the carrier and engages with said slot. A rod 80 is made fast at its upper end to the arm of the placer lever 70 on the opposite side of the fulcrum from the placer recess 72, the lower end of said rod 80 passing loosely through a hole in the lever 74 it will carry down the rod 80 therebypulh near the lower end of said lever 74. Said I treadle is again depressed the former and slide will move down as previously de rod 80 is formed with a head 84 on its lower end forming a stop to prevent the disengagement of the rod 80 from vthe lever 7. 1:. The spring 82 holds the lever 74 in yielding contact with the head 84:. During the first portion of the downward movement of the carrier 28 the pin 79 travels through the straight portion 76 of the slot and while traveling through this portion the lever 74 will remain unmoved. When the pin 79 travels through the offset portion 77 of the slot it will turn the lever on its fulcrum and turn down'the end which is connected with the rod 80'. A spring 82 surrounding the rod 80 is seated upon the lever 74, its upper end bearing against the placer lever 70. The tension of this spring is sufficient so that unless there is some unusual opposition when the lever 74 is tipped as just described ing down that end of the placer'lever .with which the rod 80 is connected and tip up the other end until it engages the overhanging arm 73 of the dog 16, turning he dog 16 into the position s own in Fig. 5 to release the button just behind-so as to admit the button under the plac'er when the button already under the placer passes out. After the pin 79 has passed out of the offset portion 77 of the slot and enters the straight portion 78 of the slot it will travel down to the end of the slot without further move ment of the lever 74 but will retain the lever 74 in ,its tilted position. When the carrier returns on. its back stroke and the pin 79 travels back through the offset portion 77 of the slot the lever 7 4 will be turned back into 7 its normal position thereby bringing the placer lever 70 back into its normal position and allowing the dog 16 to also swing back which it WIll do by gravity owing to its being hung off the center of gravity.

\Vhen a lthe parts have reached. the end of the down stroke they will remain in this position until the pressure upon the treadle is released. When the pressure upon the treadle is released, the spring 14 will carry up the treadlerod 12 thereby turning the hell crank lever 81 and moving the carrier back to its uppermost position and in so I 4 doing will carry back the former and slide to their uppermost positions. When the pin 26 on the arm 8 of the bell crank 81 withdraws from engagement with the bell crank scribed to tions. What I claim is: 1. A button fastening machine having a arbor, a slidable former adapted to form a loop of a wire fastener by bending a wire over the arbor and then to dwell in clamp ing position, a slide which moves independently of the former to form legs on the perform another series of opera.-

fastener while the fastener is clamped by l the former, said former having an elongated slot, a slidable carrier having an arm carrying a pawl which normally engages with said elongated slot in said former and locks the former to the carrier so that the former moves with the carrier and forms they loop, and a trip so located as to trip the pawl when the former has moved far enough to form the loop.

g 2. A button fastening machine having an arbor, a slidable former adapted to form a loop of a wire fastener by bending a wire over the arbor and then to dwell in clamping position, a slide which moves independently of the former to formlegs'on the fastener while the fastener is clamped 'by the former, said former and slide each having an elongated slot, a slidable carrier having .an arm carrying a pawl which normally engages with the elongated slot in said former and locks the former to the carrier so that the former moves with the carrier y and forms the loop, a trip so located as to trip the pawl when the former has moved far enough to form the loop, said carrier having an arm which engages with the elongated slot in the slide and moves therein without moving the slide while the former is moving to form the loop, the said arm after traveling the length of the slot in the slide engaging with the end of said slot to actuate the slide to form the legs. I

3. A button fastening machine having an arbor, a slidableformer adapted to form a loop of a 'wirefastener by bending a, wire over said arbor and then to'dwell in clamping position, a slide which moves independent-ly of the former to form legs on the fasf the former moves with the carrier and forms the loop, a trip so located as to trip the pawl when the former has moved far enough to form the loop, said carrier having -an' arm which engages with .the elongated slot in the slide and moves therein without moving the slide while the former is moving to form the loop, the said arm after traveling the length of the slot in the slide en- I 5 the arbor to move the arbor out of the path of the former and slide.

v 4. A button fastening machine having an arbor, a slidable former adapted to form a 'loop of a wire fastener by bending a wire ently of the former to form legs on the fastener while the fastener is clamped by the former, said former and slide each having an elongated slot, a slidable carrier having an arm carrying a pawl which normally engages with the elongated slot in said former I and locks 'the former to the carrier so that the former moves with the carrier and forms the loop, a trip so located asto trip the pawl when the former has moved far enough to form the loop, said carrier having an arm which engages with the elongated slot in the slide and moves therein without 25 moving the slide while the former is moving' to form the loop, the said arm after traveling, the length of the slot in the slide ongaging with the end of said slot in the slide to actuate the slide to form the legs, means for actuating the carrier, means whereby the carrier actuating mechanism actuates the arbor to move the arbor out of the path of the former and slide, means whereby the former is given a more rapid movement than the carrier after the pawl is tripped to free the former from .the carrier and after the arbor is out of the path of the former until the former has gained enough distance for the awl to reengage the slot in the former, an means for causing the pawl to reengage with the slot in the former. and lock the former to the carrier so that the former and carrier will then move together.

5. A button fastening machine having means for threading a wire through a button, an arbor, a slidable former adapted to form a loop of a wire fastener by bending the wire over said arbor and then to dwell in clamping position, a slide which moves inw dependently of the former to form legs on the fastener while the fastener is clamped by the former, said former and slide each having an elongated slot, a slidable carrierhaving an arm carrying a pawl which normally engages with the elongated slot in said former and locks the former to the carrier so that the former moves with the carrier and forms the loop, a trip so located as to trip the pawl when the former has moved far enough to form the loop, said carrier having an arm which engages with the elongated slot in the slide and moves therein without moving the slide while'the former ismoving to form the loop, the said arm aftertraveling the; length of the slot in over the arborand then to dwell in clamping position, a slide which moves independthe slide engaging with the end of the slot in the slide to actuate the slide to form the legs, means for actuating the carrier, means actuates the arbor to move the arbor out of the path of the former and slide, means whereby the former is given a more rapid movement than the carrier after the pawl is tripped to free the former from the carrier and after the arbor is out of the path of the former until the former has gained enough distance for the pawl to reengage the slot in the former, means for causing the pawl to rengage with the slot in the former and lock the former to the carrier so that the former and carrier will then move together,

an anvil, and means whereby the slide is moved to carry the fastener to the material on the anvil and to clamp the material to the anvil.

6. A button fastening machine having means for threading a wire through a but-' ton, an arbor, a slidable former adapted to form a loop of a wire fastener by bending the wire over said arbor and then to dwell in clam ing position, a slide which moves independently of the former to form legs on the fastener while the fastener is clamped by the former, said former and slide each having an elongated slot, a slidable carrier having an arm carrying a pawl which normally engages with the elongated slot in said former and locks the former to the carrier so that the former moves with the carrier and forms the loop, a trip so located as is moving to orm the loop, the said arm after-traveling the length of the slot in the,

slide engaging with theend of the slot in the slide to actuate the slide to form the legs, means for actuating the carrier, means whereby the carrier actuating mechanism actuates the arbor to move the arbor out of the path of the former and slide, means whereby the former is given a more rapid movement than the carrier after the pawl is tripped to free the former from the carrierand after the arbor is out of the path of the former until the former has gained enough distance for the pawl to rengage the slot in the former, means for causing the pawl to reengage with the slot in the former and lock the former to the carrier so that the former and carrier will then move together, an anvil, and means whereby the slide is moved to carry the fastener to the material on the anvil and clamp the material to the anvil, the carrier actuating the former to continue its movement and force lthe {astener through the material upon the anvi whereby the carrier actuating mechanism '7. A button fastening machine having an arbor, a slidable former adapted to form a loop of a wire fastener by bending a Wire over said arbor and then to dwell in clamping position, a slide which moves independently of the former to form legs on the fas tene'r while the fastener is clamped-by the former, said former and slide each being formed with an elongated slot, the slidable carrier having projections winch respectively engage the slots in said former and slide, the said slots being of suflicient length to ermit a certain range of movement of "'sai projections respectively without movis in engagement .with the end of the slot in the former and actuating the slide when the other projection is in engagement with the end of the slot in the slide, said slots and projections being so'located with relation to each other that'the former will form the loop While the slide is at rest and the slide will form the legs while'the former is at rest.-

8. A buttonfastcning machine having an arbor, means. for threading a wire for a fastener through a button, a slidable former adapted. to form a loop of a wire fastener by bending the wire over the arbor and then to .dwell inielamping position, a slide which moves independently of the former to form legs on the fastener while the fastener is clamped by, theformer, said former and slide each having an elongated slot, a slidable carrier having an, arm carrying a pawl which normally engages with the elongated slot in said former and locks the former to the carrier so that the former moves with the carrier and forms the loop, a trip so located as to trip the pawl when the former has moved far enough to form the loop, said carrier having an arm which engages with the elongated slot in the slide and moves therein without moving the slide while the former is moving to form the loop, the said arm after traveling the length of the slot in the slide engaging with the end of the slotin the slide to actuate the slide to form the legs, means for actuatmg the carrier,

means whereby the carrier actuating mecha-.

nism actuates the arbor to move, the arbor out of the path of the former and slide,

means whereby the former is given a more rapid movement than the carrier after the pawl is tripped to free the former from the carrier and after the arbor is out of the path of the former until the former has gained enough distance for the pawl to reengage the slot in the former, means for causing the pawl to rengage with the slot in the former and lock the former to the carrier so that the former and carrier Will then move together, an anvil, a'button race-way, a placer and holds it in position during the forming and attaching of the fastener to the button,

and means actuated bynthe same mechanism which actuates the carrier to release the.

placer lever so timed as to release the placer lever after the fastenenis formed and at;

tached to the button.

9. A button fasteningymachine having an arbor, "means for threading a wire for a fastener through the eye of a. vbutton, a slidable former adapted to form a loop of a wire fastener by bending the wire over the arbor and then, to dwell in clamping position, a slide which moves independently of the former to form legs on the fastener while the fastener is clamped by the former,

said former and slide each being formed with an elongated slot, a slidable carrier having an arm carrying a pawl which normally engages with the elongated slot in said former and locks the former to the carrier so that the former moves with the carrier and forms the loop, a trip so located as to trip the pawl when the former has moved far enough to form the loop, said carrier having an arm which engages with the elongated slot in the slide and moves therein without moving the slide while the former moving to form the loop, the said arm after traveling the length of the slotin the slide engaging with the end of the slot in the slide to actuate the slide to form the legs of the fastener, means for actuating the carrier, means whereby the carrier actuating mechanism actuates the arborto move the arbor out of the path of the former and slide, means whereby the former is given a more rapid movement than the carrier after he pawl is tripped to free the former from the carrier and after the arbor is out of the path of the former until the former has gained enough distance for the pawl to reengage the slot in the former, means for causing the pawl to reengage with the slot in the former and lock the former to the carrier so that the former and carrier will then move together, a button raceway, a placer which engages the lowermost button and holds it in position during the forming and attaching of the fastener to thebutton means actuated by the same mechanism which actuates the carrier to release the placer so timed as to release the placer after I I V 6 lev r which engages the lowermost button a wire over the arbor togfor'm a loop ;'of a relation to the former or the slide, a lever fulcrumed intermediate its ends and having one'arm connected with said carrier, driving mechanism connected with said lever, whereby the barrier is actuated, a? lever connecteld with said arbor, and means actuatedby said driving mechanism after the carrier has actuated the loop-forming and leg-forming mechanism to'withdrawv the arbor from the path of the former and slide.

11. A button fastening machine having an v arbor, a slotted slidable former which bends a wire over the arbor to form a loop of a fastener, a slotted slide independentof the former which bends the ends of the wire to form legs on the fastener, a. reciprocable carrier having projections which respectively engage with the slots in the former and slide, said slots being elongated to allow a' limited movement of said carrier with relation to the former-or the slide, a lever fulcrumed intermediate its ends and having one arm connected with said carrier, driving mechanism connected with said lever whereby the carrier is actuated, a lever connected with said arbor, means actuated by said driving mechanism after the carrier has actuated the loop-forming and leg-forming mechanism to withdraw the arbor from the path of the former and slide, and means controlled by the said driving mechanism to return the carrier, former, slide and arbor to their initial positions and to feed thezwire through the eye of a button.

12. A button fastening machine having means for threading a wire through the eye of a button, an arbor over which the wire is bent to form a loop and legs on a fastener, a slidable former which bends the wire over the arbor to form the loop, cutting mechanism for eutting a length of wire for the fastener, a slide separate from the former which bends the ends of the wire to form the legs, a slidable carrier which actuates the said loop-former and leg-forming slide, means to actuate the carrier, and means actuated by the said mechanism that actuates the carrier to withdraw the arbor from the fastener out of the path of the former and' slide so arranged that the arborwill be withdrawn after theloop and legs are formed.

13. A button fastening machine having an arbor, a I reciprocable former which is adapted to bend a wire over the arbor to form a loop of a fastener, an independently movable. slide which is adapted to bend the projecting ends ofthe wire to form legs on the fastener, a reciprocable carrier which is adapted to actuate said former and slide, said carrier having two arms, said former being formed with an elongated slot with which one of the arms of the carrier engages,

a pawl pivoted to said arm which is adapted to engage with said slot in the former whereby when so engaged themovement of the carrier will actuate the former, and a trip device which disengages the pawl after a partial movement of the carrier during- 5 which movement the former forms the loop of the fastener, said slide being formed with an elongated slot with which the other arm of said carrier engages, said slot in the slide being of snflicient length whereby during gg that portion of the movement of the carrier which actuates the former to form the loop the said second arm of the carrier will travel in the slot of the slide without actuating the same and being so arranged that after said 35 pawl is tripped said carrier will actuate the said slide to form the legs of the fastener.

14. A button fastening machine having an arbor, a reciprocable former which is adapted to bend a wire over the arbor to form a loop of a fastener, an independently movable slide which is adapted to bend the projecting ends of the wire to form legs on the fastener, a r'eciprocable carrier which is adapted toactuate said former and slide,

said carrier being formed with two projecting arms, said former being-formed with an elongated slot with which one of the arms of the carrier engages, a pawl pivoted to said arm which is adapted to engage with said slot in the former whereby when so engaged the movement of the carrier will actuate the former, a tripdevice'which disengages the pawl after a partial movement of the carrier during, which movement the 10;;

former forms the loop of the fastener, said slide being formed with an elongated slot with which the other arm-0f said carrier engages, said slot in the slide being of suflieient length whereby during that portion of the movement of the carrier which actuates the former to form theloop the said second arm of the carrier will travel in the slot of the slide without actuating the same and being so arranged that after said pawl is 1 5" tripped said carrier will actuate the said slide to form the legs of the fastener, a reciprocable driving rod, a bell crank lever having one arm which is loosely connected with said driving rod and another arm which is loosely connected with said carrier whereby the movement of said driving rod on one direction will give to said carrier a straight line movement in one direction to actuate the former and slide, a bell crank from the fastener after the carrier actuating i3:

I said carrier having two arms, said former bell crank has moved a sufiicient distance to form the loop and: legs of the fastener.

15. A button fastening machine having an arbor, a reciprocable' former which 1s adapted to bend a wire over the arbor to form a loop of a fastener, anindependently mov able slide which is adapted to bend the pro- .ject-ingends of the wire to form legs on the fastener, a reciprocable carrier which -1s adapted to actuate said former and slide,

being formed with an elongated slot with which one of the arms of the carrier engages, a' pawl pivoted to said arm which is adapted to engage with said slot in the former whereby when so engaged the movement of the carrier will actuate the former,

a trip device which disengages the pawl after a partial movement of the carrier during which movementthe former forms theloop of the fastener, said slide being formed with an elongated slot with which the other I arm of said carrier engages,said slot in the slide being of suflicient length whereby dur-.

' of the fastener, means for withdrawing the arbor afterthe loop and legs are formed, a

spring which actuates the former to con- ,tinue its movement with relation to the carrier after the arbor is'withdrawn from the fastener, and means'for causing said pawl to reengage the slot in the former after the former has moved a certain distance with relation to the carrier.

' 16. A button fastening machine having an arbor over which a fastener is formed, means for feeding-a continuous wire from .which a fastener is to be formed over the arbor, a reciprocable former which bends the wire over the arbor to form a loop, a reciprocablc slide independent of the former which forms legs on the fastener, a cutter which severs a blank for the fastener from the continuous wire, a reciprocable carrier which in its movement in one direction actuates the former to form the loop of the fastener, actuates the slide toform the legs of the fastener, and actuates the cutter'to sever the blank, means whereby the return movement of the carrier actuates the wire feed, means for reciprocating the carrier, 9, button raceway, and means for feeding buttons to the Y raceway actuated by the same mechanism that actuates the carrier.

' 17 A button fastening machine having an arbor over which the fastener is formed,

means for feeding a continuous wire from which a fastener is to be formed over the arbor and through the eye of a button, a

reciprocable former which bends the wire over the arbor to form a lo,op, a reciprocable' slide independent of thefornieriv r'chlforms legs on the fastener, a truttehwli ichs'evem a blank for the fastener from theeontinuous wire, a reciprocable carrier whichjlin its movement in one direction actuates the former to form the loop ofthe-fast'enerffaotuates the slide to form the legs of the fastener, and actuates the cutter to sever the blank, means whereby the return movement of the carrier actuates the wire feed, means for reciprocating the carrier, a button raceway, apivoted placer lever which engages the button while the fastener is {being threaded and formed, a pivoted detent which holds back the line of buttonsibehind thelowermost button, and means actuated by the carrier to release the placer lever from the, button with attachedfastener and thereby to also trip the detent from the next following button.

18. A button fastening machine having an arbor, a reciprocable former which is adapt ed to bend a wire over the arbor to form a loop of a fastener, a movable slide which is adapted to bend the ends of the wire to form legs on the fastener, a reciprocablecarrier which is adapted to actuate said former and slide, connections between said carrier and said former and slide whereby said carrier has a limited range of movement without moving the former and a limited range ofmovement without moving the slide, and means for reciprocating the carrier. v 19. A button fastening machine having an arbor, a reciprocable former which is adapted to bend a wire over the arbor 'to form a loop of a fastener, a movable slide which is adapted to bend the ends of the wire to form legs on the fastener, a reciproeable carrier which is adapted to actuate said former and slide, connections between said carrier and has a limited range of movement without moving the former and a limited. range of movement without moving the slide, and

' means for reciprocating the carrier, said connections being so constructed and arranged that during a portion of the movement of the carrier the slide will move while the former is at rest.

20. A button fastening machine. having an arbor,a slotted slidable form'er which bends a wire to form a loop of a fastener, a slotslots being elongated to allow a limited movement of said carrier with relation to the former and an independent limited movement with relation to the slide.

21. A button fastening machine having an.

'lirbor, a button raceway, a place rlever which.

'said former and slide whereby said carrier ted slide independent of the former which engages the lowermost button and holds it in position during the forming and attaching of the fastener to the button, 'means for threading a Wire through the eye of the button, a movable mechanism adapted to bend the Wire over the arbor to form the fastener, a movable carrier adapted to move the fastener forming mechanism, mechanism for actuating the said carrier, and means actuated by the same mechanism which actuates the carrier for releasing the olacer lever so 7 timed as to release the placer lever after the position during the forming fastener is formed and attached to the button.

22. A button fastening machine having an arbor, a button raceway, a placer lever which engages the lowermost button and holds it in and attaching of the fastener to the button, means for threading a wire. through the eye of'the button, a movable mechanism adapted to bend the Wire over the arbor to form the fastener,

the formation of the fastener, and means.

actuated by the placer upon its release to release the next succeedlng button behind the lowermost from its check for admitting it to the placer When-the button already be neath the placer is released.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

GEoRGE w. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

W. A. COPELAND, Anon H. Momneon.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Patents, -Wash1ngton, D. 0. 

